I noticed that dd was different and ahead of her agemates as a baby and toddler, but didn't really think of it as gifted until later. She started talking at 6 months and full sentences at 9 months -...

Have you tried playing "school". My 4 year old likes to play this with everything that she thinks a school has. we take turns being the teacher, it is funny to see what her idea of school is. It had...

The post about suicide and depression really spoke to me. You see I shocked my family by calling a suicide help line in kindergarten - not for a prank. It is rare for children to have such thoughts...

well I didn't think I'd need this now because my oldest reads fluently already but my 4 yr old has just started to want to learn to read and can recognize some letters and a few words. so this might...